Walton Merritt

My son has gastritis, and his wife feeds him fast food. I can’t bear to watch… My name is Margaret Whitmore.

**Diary Entry** A year ago, I would have laughed if someone told me I’d leave Anthony. My husband of

I asked my son to move out, and he wrecked the flat I intended for his sister. My son, Daniel, betrayed

**Friday, 10th May** They say it’s the mother-in-law who makes or breaks a marriage. Mine broke it.

—I’m only trying to help, and you don’t appreciate it!—my mother-in-law declares, while my eye twitches

**Diary Entry** It’s been three years since my mother-in-law threw my child and me out onto the street.

“—I’ve made you some pancakes,” my mother-in-law announced… at seven in the morning

Banished from Home: A Family Drama at the Son’s House I never imagined a visit to my son would end in

**Diary Entry** At sixty, I’m no longer needed? Honestly, it’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me.

“I never signed up to be a stepmother—this wasn’t my life, not my choice.” When I met Thomas